Fix the SEEKBAR (for DVDs)

[ReiCow]

Hello,

I'm working on SMPlayer to use for a project of mine, and I've noticed that the slider/internal clocks/etc go crazy when playing DVDs. Once one gets past, say, 50 minutes, the slider and timers all reset. I realize that this is because of reading the time information from mplayer (where it gets all broken up), but I was wondering if someone is tackling this problem. Is there a way to make an internal timer that keeps a true movie time (and to 0.1 second precision or better)? Is anyone else working on this problem?

Thanks,
ReiCow

[ReiCow]

I've successfully implemented a patch for mplayer (with the help of the mplayer community) which should enable a proper working seekbar. I've added a property to mplayer (used in slave mode via get_property):

enter:
get_property stream_time_pos

receive:
ANS_stream_time_pos=32.867001

The time given is in seconds. The property has the benefit that it does NOT reset during DVD playback as get_time_pos (or get_property time_pos) does.

Utilizing this for the seekbar will properly track where one is in a dvd.

Hope this helps!

This is included in mplayer as of revision 31795.

Cheers,
ReiCow

[rvm]

That's good news

Although for me it would have been better if that time would be printed in the status line. Querying for a property will require more changes in the code.

[ReiCow]

You could request (or create a patch) that there be a command line option when run for mplayer to display the stream time on the status line instead of the get_time_pos time...

Though that may be more work than using the call & response in smplayer.. I don't know.

Cheers,
ReiCow

[rvm]

[ReiCow]

Yeah, just before putting in my code.. they modified the configure file and now I can't configure mplayer unless I disable yasm... hopefully they fix that.

It has nothing to do with my code, I swear!

Cheers,
ReiCow

[rvm]

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